Board Thread:Classic DMC/@comment-189.78.245.102-20151213235744/@comment-6769189-20151214082200

In the 1st fight Vergil says "might controls everything, and without strength, you cannot protect anything." Hinting big time to his motivations.

Vergil has his honor. In the manga him and Arkham speak and Vergil makes it clear that they are not in the same side and that he is only there to take care of the things Vergil doesn't know how to get past. In the manga Vergil also doesn't kill Alice, despite her being of no use to him at all. At the time that he killed Arkham, they had unlocked the final door. Vergil knew that Arkham was using him as much as Vergil was using Arkham and if Arkham was going to make his move, it would be very soon. On top of that Arkham deceived him, which I think was his main gripe at that time. He gets angry that Arkham mentions his "incompleteness" because it reminds him that he is weak.

A similar thing happens later on when Dante brings it up. However Dante takes it a bit further when he tells him he will never be like Sparda. Sparda is the epitome of strength to Vergil, so Dante basically said "you will never be strong."

DMC's plot is pretty good, despite the achronological order. A lot of  series do that. Its very subtle. It doesn't come straight out and marker on your hand what its trying to convey. You have to look at characters behaviors, actions, and reactions to the things that happen around them. For example, instead of crying on a cliff or screaming "NNNOOOOOO," Dante walks back and stares at Force Edge for a moment. DMC4 did need some more Kyrie development and new bosses, but Capcom didn't want to wait.